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Floating and Sinking– How is Salt Water Different from Fresh Water?

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¡Food! ¿Cómo podemos garantizar una buena nutrició para todos?

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Space Career Resource Guide

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STC Program: Balancing and Weighing Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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How Can We Change Solids And Liquids?

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Teacher Innovator Institute (TII)

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STCMS™: Earth's Dynamic Systems

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NOAA Satellites Youtube

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Earth Optimism: Change is Positively Possible

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STC Program: Chemical Tests Unit Kit, 3rd Edition

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We're the Smithsonian Science Education Center!

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Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 8: Shining a Light on the Minerals

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Sustainable Communities! How will we help our community thrive?

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How Can Animals Use their Senses to Communicate?

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Harvard-MIT Science Research Mentoring Program

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How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision?

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STC Program: Comparing and Measuring, 2nd Edition

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How Can We Provide Energy to People’s Homes?

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STC-Secondary™: Exploring Planetary Systems

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Morphy

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STC Assessment Guide: Soils

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Motion and Design– Safety with Building Pieces

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Ecosystems– Material Consideration

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Understanding Weather and Climate– Lesson 5: Investigating the Effects of Colliding Air Masses

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Space Weather

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Conceptual Change: How New Ideas Take Root

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STC Program: Measuring Time Unit Kit

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21st Century Community Learning Centers NASA Engineering Design Challenges

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STC Literacy Series™: The Life Cycle of Butterflies

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How Can We Use Patterns To Predict Motion?

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